Public Comment: Amherst Could Become The Second City In The Nation To Offer Reparations To Black Residents
Editor’s note: Starting this week, The Indy will publish Public Comments offered at Town Council and Committee...
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Library Trustees Trim Budget and Reduce Contingency Funds To Contain Library Project Costs
By Toni Cunningham The financial aspects of the Jones Library expansion project were the focus...
Cuts To Art And Technology Proposed For Elementary Schools
As part of the fiscal year 2022 elementary school budget that was presented to the...
Jones Library Trustees Ponder Improvements To North Amherst Branch
Report on the Meeting of the Jones Library Trustees, March 16, 2021 The meeting was...
Opinion: Residents Have A Right To Know
Editor’s Note: This column appeared previously in The Amherst Bulletin. The Jones Library Trustees are...
Committee Weighs Potholes vs. Building Projects
The plan to finance four major building projects in the next six years will impact...
Second Jones Library Forum Mirrors The First
Seventy-three members of the public and approximately 25 Town Councilors, Jones Board of Trustees, and...
Opinion: Frequently Unanswered Questions. What Will The Proposed Jones Library Project Really Cost The Town?
By Art and Maura Keene Last week we argued that the Jones Library Trustees and...
110 Participate In Second Public Forum On Capital Projects
Second Forum Focused Exclusively On Jones Library Demolition/Expansion Eighty-three members of the public and 27...
Opinion: Burden Is On Trustees to Prove Jones Expansion Is Fiscally Responsible
By Art and Maura Keene Here’s the (multi) million dollar question: can the Jones Library...
Building Plan Would Squeeze Budgets And Force Staff Cuts
A financial plan to fund four major building projects — an elementary school, fire station,...
Public Forums And Workshops Scheduled To Explore Proposed Major Capital Projects
Four public events have been scheduled over the next two weeks to afford Amherst residents...